taken it out of America — tim wood
Imagine this; a woman of 40 years is severely injured in an accident, so severely that if she recovers then her life will be hell.
Her parents want her taken off life support to be allowed to die. Her husband wants her kept on life support until she recovers.
Setting aside legal positions, who should have the final decision? — Brett
No one. In limiting it to parent and spouse, you've effectively taken it out of America, where, I believe, even the comatose are entitled to representation. There is the issue of competency. The victim first has to be ruled incompetent. If incompetent, often such people are assigned a lawyer to represent their interests. That is, even if all the family on all sides are in agreement, that's not by itself enough. I said no one; maybe I "should" amend that to the court with jurisdiction. — tim wood
So you feel that the parents are acting more in the interests of the victim than the husband? — Brett
Who has this right over her future; the man who loves her or the women who gave birth to her? — Brett
So you feel that the parents are acting more in the interests of the victim than the husband?
— Brett
Probably yeah. (Again, depends on the victim)
Who has this right over her future; the man who loves her or the women who gave birth to her?
— Brett
Now you're asking the first question to which I answered: — khaled
My assumption is that it would be the spouse and not the parents who would then decide because upon marriage, one is generally considered fully emancipated from their parents' control. — Hanover
Could there not be different right answers depending on the specific person in question? ...
In general, how can we ever know that we are doing the right thing? Especially when it comes to the welfare of others. Should people be given what they want, or what they need? Who knows best?
In the end, the best you can do is to be brutally candid with yourself about what your own motives are, then proceed from there. — Pantagruel
Are you asking who should as in: "In any given situation should the spouse or parents take priority" or as in: "Which do you side with the spouse or the parent"
If it's the first: idk
If it's the second: I am leaning towards the parents but it really depends on how hellish hell is — khaled
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